Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
1 | On the Waterfront | 1954 | Elia Kazan | 64 |
2 | A Streetcar Named Desire | 1951 | Elia Kazan | 196 |
3 | The Grapes of Wrath | 1940 | John Ford | 209 |
4 | Greed | 1924 | Erich von Stroheim | 321 |
5 | The Ox-Bow Incident | 1942 | William A. Wellman | 539 |
6 | Miracle on 34th Street | 1947 | George Seaton | 544 |
7 | How Green Was My Valley | 1941 | John Ford | 708 |
8 | Force of Evil | 1948 | Abraham Polonsky | 850 |
9 | Young Mr. Lincoln | 1939 | John Ford | 975 |
10 | Dodsworth | 1936 | William Wyler | 1212 |
11 | The Ghost and Mrs. Muir | 1947 | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | 1528 |
12 | Stella Dallas | 1937 | King Vidor | 1913 |
13 | Dead End | 1937 | William Wyler | 2470 |
14 | The Mark of Zorro | 1940 | Rouben Mamoulian | 2763 |
Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
1 | Sunset Blvd. | 1950 | Billy Wilder | 25 |
2 | Double Indemnity | 1944 | Billy Wilder | 42 |
3 | Duck Soup | 1933 | Leo McCarey | 85 |
4 | The Lady Eve | 1941 | Preston Sturges | 193 |
5 | Sullivan's Travels | 1941 | Preston Sturges | 252 |
6 | Trouble in Paradise | 1932 | Ernst Lubitsch | 381 |
7 | The Lost Weekend | 1945 | Billy Wilder | 691 |
8 | A Place in the Sun | 1951 | George Stevens | 786 |
9 | The Palm Beach Story | 1942 | Preston Sturges | 803 |
10 | Love Me Tonight | 1932 | Rouben Mamoulian | 845 |
11 | The Miracle of Morgan's Creek | 1943 | Preston Sturges | 884 |
12 | The Scarlet Empress | 1934 | Josef von Sternberg | 913 |
13 | Make Way for Tomorrow | 1937 | Leo McCarey | 949 |
14 | It's a Gift | 1934 | Norman Z. McLeod | 1068 |
15 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | 1931 | Rouben Mamoulian | 1134 |
16 | Wings | 1927 | William A. Wellman | 1283 |
17 | Hail the Conquering Hero | 1944 | Preston Sturges | 1497 |
18 | Island of Lost Souls | 1932 | Erle C. Kenton | 1638 |
19 | Ruggles of Red Gap | 1935 | Leo McCarey | 1651 |
20 | Shanghai Express | 1932 | Josef von Sternberg | 1741 |
21 | Midnight | 1939 | Mitchell Leisen | 1832 |
22 | Going My Way | 1944 | Leo McCarey | 1876 |
23 | The Last Command | 1928 | Josef von Sternberg | 2036 |
24 | Road to Morocco | 1942 | David Butler | 2208 |
25 | The Docks of New York | 1928 | Josef von Sternberg | 2225 |
26 | One Hour with You | 1932 | Ernst Lubitsch | 2399 |
27 | Holiday Inn | 1942 | Mark Sandrich | 2401 |
28 | Design for Living | 1933 | Ernst Lubitsch | 2451 |
29 | The Great McGinty | 1940 | Preston Sturges | 2462 |
30 | The Love Parade | 1929 | Ernst Lubitsch | 2637 |
31 | Ministry of Fear | 1944 | Fritz Lang | 2653 |
Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
1 | Singin' in the Rain | 1952 | Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly | 7 |
2 | The Wizard of Oz | 1939 | Victor Fleming | 15 |
3 | The Philadelphia Story | 1940 | George Cukor | 131 |
4 | Freaks | 1932 | Tod Browning | 235 |
5 | Meet Me in St. Louis | 1944 | Vincente Minnelli | 283 |
6 | Greed | 1924 | Erich von Stroheim | 321 |
7 | A Night at the Opera | 1935 | Sam Wood | 340 |
8 | The Shop around the Corner | 1940 | Ernst Lubitsch | 345 |
9 | Forbidden Planet | 1956 | Fred M. Wilcox | 351 |
10 | An American in Paris | 1951 | Vincente Minnelli | 391 |
11 | Ninotchka | 1939 | Ernst Lubitsch | 401 |
12 | The Asphalt Jungle | 1950 | John Huston | 562 |
13 | The Thin Man | 1934 | W.S. Van Dyke | 568 |
14 | Adam's Rib | 1949 | George Cukor | 574 |
15 | The Band Wagon | 1953 | Vincente Minnelli | 585 |
16 | On the Town | 1949 | Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly | 706 |
17 | Bad Day at Black Rock | 1955 | John Sturges | 710 |
18 | The Naked Spur | 1953 | Anthony Mann | 867 |
19 | The Postman Always Rings Twice | 1946 | Tay Garnett | 954 |
20 | National Velvet | 1944 | Clarence Brown | 1019 |
21 | Mutiny on the Bounty | 1935 | Frank Lloyd | 1074 |
22 | The Big Parade | 1925 | King Vidor | 1076 |
23 | Seven Brides for Seven Brothers | 1954 | Stanley Donen | 1169 |
24 | Grand Hotel | 1932 | Edmund Goulding | 1274 |
25 | The Bad and the Beautiful | 1952 | Vincente Minnelli | 1292 |
26 | The Women | 1939 | George Cukor | 1294 |
27 | Gaslight | 1944 | George Cukor | 1380 |
28 | Fury | 1936 | Fritz Lang | 1385 |
29 | Easter Parade | 1948 | Charles Walters | 1472 |
30 | Mrs. Miniver | 1942 | William Wyler | 1496 |
31 | Blackboard Jungle | 1955 | Richard Brooks | 1623 |
32 | High Society | 1956 | Charles Walters | 1795 |
33 | Woman of the Year | 1942 | George Stevens | 1858 |
34 | They Were Expendable | 1945 | John Ford | 1911 |
35 | Hallelujah! | 1929 | King Vidor | 1930 |
36 | Camille | 1936 | George Cukor | 2006 |
37 | Cabin in the Sky | 1943 | Vincente Minnelli | 2013 |
38 | The Merry Widow | 1934 | Ernst Lubitsch | 2030 |
39 | Kiss Me Kate | 1953 | George Sidney | 2047 |
40 | Captains Courageous | 1937 | Victor Fleming | 2092 |
41 | Battleground | 1949 | William A. Wellman | 2137 |
42 | Lust for Life | 1956 | Vincente Minnelli | 2182 |
43 | David Copperfield | 1935 | George Cukor | 2568 |
44 | It's Always Fair Weather | 1955 | Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly | 2579 |
45 | The Broadway Melody | 1929 | Harry Beaumont | 2590 |
46 | Pat and Mike | 1952 | George Cukor | 2646 |
47 | Anchors Aweigh | 1945 | George Sidney | 2670 |
48 | A Day at the Races | 1937 | Sam Wood | 2681 |
49 | The Good Earth | 1937 | Sidney Franklin | 2689 |
50 | The Harvey Girls | 1946 | George Sidney | 2691 |
51 | Father of the Bride | 1950 | Vincente Minnelli | 2715 |
Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
1 | Vertigo | 1958 | Alfred Hitchcock | 13 |
2 | Rear Window | 1954 | Alfred Hitchcock | 34 |
3 | Double Indemnity | 1944 | Billy Wilder | 42 |
4 | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance | 1962 | John Ford | 178 |
5 | Roman Holiday | 1953 | William Wyler | 213 |
6 | Shane | 1953 | George Stevens | 341 |
7 | Breakfast at Tiffany's | 1961 | Blake Edwards | 359 |
8 | Ace in the Hole | 1951 | Billy Wilder | 423 |
9 | The Ten Commandments | 1956 | Cecil B. DeMille | 493 |
10 | Stalag 17 | 1953 | Billy Wilder | 633 |
11 | The Odd Couple | 1968 | Gene Saks | 798 |
12 | The War of the Worlds | 1953 | Byron Haskin | 871 |
13 | Funny Face | 1957 | Stanley Donen | 899 |
14 | Hud | 1963 | Martin Ritt | 911 |
15 | The Court Jester | 1955 | Melvin Frank and Norman Panama | 1115 |
16 | The Nutty Professor | 1963 | Jerry Lewis | 1269 |
17 | One-Eyed Jacks | 1961 | Marlon Brando | 1319 |
18 | Sabrina | 1954 | Billy Wilder | 1394 |
19 | The Man Who Knew Too Much | 1956 | Alfred Hitchcock | 1463 |
20 | To Catch a Thief | 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock | 1756 |
21 | White Christmas | 1954 | Michael Curtiz | 1873 |
22 | Gunfight at the O.K. Corral | 1957 | John Sturges | 2026 |
23 | El Dorado | 1967 | Howard Hawks | 2172 |
24 | When Worlds Collide | 1951 | Rudolph Maté | 2254 |
25 | The Trouble with Harry | 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock | 2578 |
26 | Ministry of Fear | 1944 | Fritz Lang | 2653 |
27 | Will Penny | 1967 | Tom Gries | 2794 |
Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
1 | Gone with the Wind | 1939 | Victor Fleming | 32 |
2 | All about Eve | 1950 | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | 56 |
3 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | 1951 | Robert Wise | 245 |
4 | Laura | 1944 | Otto Preminger | 279 |
5 | Rebecca | 1940 | Alfred Hitchcock | 299 |
6 | My Darling Clementine | 1946 | John Ford | 363 |
7 | Pickup on South Street | 1953 | Samuel Fuller | 542 |
8 | Gentlemen Prefer Blondes | 1953 | Howard Hawks | 595 |
9 | An Affair to Remember | 1957 | Leo McCarey | 794 |
10 | The King and I | 1956 | Walter Lang | 997 |
11 | The Gunfighter | 1950 | Henry King | 1104 |
12 | Twelve O'Clock High | 1949 | Henry King | 1185 |
13 | Bigger than Life | 1956 | Nicholas Ray | 1282 |
14 | The Seven Year Itch | 1955 | Billy Wilder | 1425 |
15 | Leave Her to Heaven | 1945 | John M. Stahl | 1448 |
16 | The Fly | 1958 | Kurt Neumann | 1482 |
17 | Kiss of Death | 1947 | Henry Hathaway | 1555 |
18 | The Girl Can't Help It | 1956 | Frank Tashlin | 1812 |
19 | The Robe | 1953 | Henry Koster | 2065 |
20 | Unfaithfully Yours | 1948 | Preston Sturges | 2084 |
21 | Nightmare Alley | 1947 | Edmund Goulding | 2139 |
22 | South Pacific | 1958 | Joshua Logan | 2143 |
23 | Gentleman's Agreement | 1947 | Elia Kazan | 2150 |
24 | Broken Arrow | 1950 | Delmer Daves | 2475 |
25 | A Tree Grows in Brooklyn | 1945 | Elia Kazan | 2517 |
26 | A Letter to Three Wives | 1949 | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | 2558 |
27 | Carousel | 1956 | Henry King | 2651 |
28 | Wild River | 1960 | Elia Kazan | 2696 |
29 | How to Marry a Millionaire | 1953 | Jean Negulesco | 2716 |